Hospital type and patient outcomes: an empirical examination using AMI readmission and mortality records.
Health Econ
; 18(12): 1440-60, 2009 Dec.
Article
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-19191251
ABSTRACT
This paper investigates whether there are differences in patient outcomes across different types of hospitals using patient-level data on readmission and mortality associated with acute myocardial infarction (AMI). Hospitals are grouped according to their ownership type (private, public teaching, public non-teaching) and their location (metropolitan, country and remote country). Using data collected from 130 Victorian hospitals on 19,000 patients admitted to a hospital with their first AMI between January 2001 and December 2003, we consider how the likelihood of unplanned re-admission and mortality varies across hospital type. We find that there are significant differences across hospital types in the observed patient outcomes - private hospitals persistently outperform public hospitals.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Contexto em Saúde:
2_ODS3
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6_ODS3_enfermedades_notrasmisibles
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7_ODS3_muertes_prevenibles_nacidos_ninos
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Readmissão do Paciente
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Hospitais com Fins Lucrativos
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Avaliação de Resultados em Cuidados de Saúde
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Mortalidade Hospitalar
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Hospitais Públicos
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Infarto do Miocárdio
Tipo de estudo:
Prognostic_studies
Limite:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Aged
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Aged80
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Child
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Child, preschool
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Female
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Humans
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Infant
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Male
País/Região como assunto:
Oceania
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Health Econ
Ano de publicação:
2009
Tipo de documento:
Article